Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-03
DAILY HERALD.
GUILTY AS CHARGED.
The Verdict in the Case
Of Tom Gormley.
SCENES IN THE COURT ROOM,
The Jury Agrees in About Four
Minutes-TO be Sentenced
Saturday.

IRE jury Agr6eS III AUOut cOur
Minutes-TO be Sentenced
Saturday.
The trial Of Tom Gormley, on q
charge Of brutally assaulting and rap
ing ten-year-old Maggie Switzer, was
concluded yesterday in Judge Che
scy's Court. which. as before, was
crowded to its utmost capacity by
those who took an interest in the pro-
ceedings and those who had a desire
to see what kind Of a person the de-
fendsat was.
The first witness placed on the stand
was DR.. w. E. Lindley, who stated
that he had been called to treat Mag
gle about twenty-four hours after the
alleged outrage, He had made an ex-
animation 81 her person and had come
TO the conclusion that she had been
raped in the manner described by her.
The marks he found upon her person
we're such as to lead to this conclus-
ion.
Maggie Switxer was recalled and
related her pitiful story the second
time. Itdiffered in no material points
from that first told, except that she
entered more fully into some of the
details which are unfit for publication.
This closed the testimony on behalf
Of the prosecution, and after stating
grounds upon which he should make
a defense, Mr.. Savage, the appointed
counsel for Gormley, called Charles H.
Webb, who testified that he kept q
saloon at No. East First street. He
had seen defendant at 10 A. NJ. en- the
tcth. He was little full on that day.
The next morning he saw Gormley.
He was covered with brick dust. The
last time he saw him was between
4 Of the 18th. He had been drinking,
but was not drunk.
N. 4. Lewis testified that he did not
know whether Gormley was drunk or
sober.
Matte, Gormley, alleged wife of
defendant, testified that he was very
drunk when he got home. He brought
the child with him. She slept in bed
with them. She told witness the stains
On her apron were from apricots.
f aoRxLEY's STORY.
The next witness called was the
defendant and as he marched COM
tsesedly to the witness stand he was
closely watched by the multitude
present. He did not appear confused
and talked as If he were on trial for q
trivial 0ffense instead of the crime
charged. There was complete silence
in the court room during the entire
time that Gormley was on the stand.
His testimony was mainly as follows:
Ny name is Thomas Gormley. II
am the defendant in this case. On
:. tl,e 10Th of July I was working on q
tunnel about three miles from Laman-
da Park. started for Los Angeles at
S 80 in the morning. was at
Lamanda Park about two hours. !
.aasd two or three drinks there. l
drew 500 from the bank at IL O'Clock.
I drank all day. 1 was very drunk by
aight; if I was not l would not have
slept out all night on q brick
pile. l woke up about half-past five.
was awfully dry. The first thing
did was to take several
cocktails. 1 saw Maggie Switzer
that day. Mrs. Miller gave me q
package to be delivered to a lady who
lived next door to where Mrs. Switzer
lived. She asked me to come in.
While I was there she gave me
.<yisss Of wine. She asked me if l
would take Maggie up to camp. l re-
.tuctantly consented. When Maggie
and 1 arrived at Lamanda Park it was
about 5Vo'clock. l took one drink
there. I was drunk. must have
been. l walked out about half q
mile from town and laid down under
q big oak tree. l did not sleep long.
The little girl went ahead Of me. We
stopped and ate apricots in an orchard.
Whatever was done to the girl was
done in that orchard.
Witness denied that he raped Mag
gle. but admitted that he had injured
her with his hands.
Cross-examined, he said that he
weighed ITO pounds then, and would
not admit that he had committed the
crime OF which he had beer charged.
ARGUED AND SUBMITTED.
This closed the case, and after the
noon recess, during which the specta-
sors and lawyers discussed the proba-
bility Of the jury finding him guilty,
arguments were made by MIR. Denis
for the prosecution and Mr.. Savage
Tor the defense. These were con-
cluded at 26 minutes past 3, and the
case given to the jury. Before the
jury retired the courtroom was
cleared, but as soon as the twelve
men were locked in the jury-room the
audience was permitted to re-
enter. Barely had everyone obtained
aposition from whence Gormley could
be seen, when Deputy Sheriff Charles
Cruz announced that the jury had
agreed. II had been locked up just
four minutes when the agreement was
announced, and every one instructive
iy knew that the verdict would be
guilty as charged"
The defendant did not display any
nervousness when it was announced
that verdict had been reached, even
though he must have known what il
was. He had been smoking a cigar
cite during theibrief intermission, anG
when the court re-convened he care
fully lad it aside.
THE VERDICT.
The jury entered and resumed ths
box, but before the verdict was reat
Judge Cheney said, addressing tn,
crowd, that he did not known wha
the verdict was, but he desired ever,